And I'm not happy about it.



When the Dobbins come to the KC its a big crowd. Thats all money in the bank for Hull FC. Same as when we venture across the city to play at their place...a big crowd...it makes them money. And the lesser team in Kingston upon Hull need all the financial help they can get to pay Paul Cooks fines and all the compo for FC for allegedly enticing him away to the cheap side of town. Thanks Dobbins.



Clubs like Leeds, Wigan etc etc usually bring a fair amount of away fans to the KC as well. Obviously a lot of this is to do with the fact they like watching a REAL team play the game for a change and not just because the KC is such a great place to watch Rugby league in.



And then there are clubs like Harlequins. About 15 or 20 away fans. Think how much money this is costing my club. God knows how many will come when the Crusaders come to hull. I think the old 'Celtic' side brought about 4.



Clubs like these are costing my club money. Widnes and Featherstone would at least bring a few hundred.

You really crave attention, don't you?

Not at all.



it's a valid point.



As a Hull FC fan yourself (allegedly) surely you can see what I'm saying.



You look at all those empty seats when clubs like Quins and Crusaders visit and work out how much money we have lost.

yeah i see your point, because having teams based in London does nothing for your club when touting sponsors in terms of national coverage does it?



The European element in no way contributes to making the competition a more attractive option to sponsors?



The image of a true family orientated sport doesnt help..................oh wait, your an FC fan, probably one of the lovely people who choose to invade and trash pitches when you win the odd game.



So, in short, lets kick out Crusaders, Quins, and whilst were at it the catalans, go back to being on itv yorkshire, play in the winter and make all our money from sales of bitter, bovril and pies after 't game shall we.



Typing this was 2 minutes of my life ill never get back, dont know why i bothered really.

Unbelievable.

I know.



Some people really havent got a clue have they.





I might try and work out exactly how much poorly supported clubs like those are costing us every year.

Neither do i.



The whole point of Quins & Crusaders is to try and spread the game. 10k at Crusaders first game means there is a fan base where they are now based. They should also have a better away following than Celtic with the big drop in distance to away games.



Catalans don't bring too many to away games but they do get reasonable crowds at home and helping to spread the word of our game is always a good thing.

He does but even worse he reckons taking 600 fans across the city for a local derby is a big deal.





Bless.

We have discussed the reasons why the crusaders got 10,500 in their first game on other threads.



Complimentary tickets and BOGOF offers featured highly in the discussion.

But surely, when you play Quins and Crusaders, the lack of traveling support means there are more tickets available for the millions of true league fans in Hull.

There's always one who has to try and trivialise my threads.



And lo and behold here he is.